Late that night on North Seventh Street in the Capital, where Bai Yunfei lived.

Inside one room, a person sat on top of his own bed. Red light flowed off from his body and into the surrounding air as he tried to meditate.

It was Bai Yunfei.

The very first thing he did after killing Wu Shang was to return home at once. Not even speaking with Tang Xinyun or anyone else when he did, Bai Yunfei shut himself up in his room and began to recuperate.

It only took a single glance for Tang Xinyun to know Bai Yunfei wasn’t fine. She didn’t ask him about it either. Bai Yunfei might’ve looked fine on the surface, but she knew him. She knew that he was simply faking it. The injuries he had sustained were worrisome to her, but she didn’t want to ‘expose’ him and his lies.

It was only when Bai...